Fountain head



June 17, 1930. G. MUFFLY 1,763,808

FOUNTAIN HEAD Fild Aug. 11, 192'7v i SIMM 75.2717 MU@ Patented June 17,1930 sTATEs UNITE GLENN MUFFLY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIG'rNOR` TOCOPKELAND PRODUCTS, INC., A

CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN i FOUNTAIN HEAD Application nieu August 11,1927. serial No. 212,168.

rIhis invention relates to drinking fountains and particularly to aconstruction therefor which may be quickly and easily changed to providea faucet or a spout.

Another object is to provide a fountain head which may be employed as adrinking fountain or by the use of quickly insertible fittings bechanged to provide a faucet.

A further object is to provide a drinking fountain that is simple inconstruction, eflcient in operation, economical to manufacture and whichmay be readily changed to provide a faucet construction in place of thedrinking fountain.

The above being among the objects of the present invention, the sameconsists in certain features of construction and combinations of partsto be hereinafter described, with reference to the accompanying drawing,and then claimed, having the above and other objects in view.

1n the accompanying drawing which illustrates a suitable embodiment ofthe present invention and in which like numerals refer to like partsthroughout the several diderent views,-

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a drinking fountain.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the drinking fountain shown in Figs. 1 and2.

Fig. t is a vertical sectional view taken centrally through the fountainhead employed in the drinking fountain shown in the preceding figures ason the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but illustrating the manner in whichthe fountain head may be quickly changed to provide a 4D faucet or spoutfrom which a cup or glass may be filled.

In the drawing is shown an elongated bowl 10 provided with a laterallyextending supporting bracket 11 which may be suitably V5 secured to asupporting wall such as 12. The

bowl 10 is provided with an opening 13 in i the bottom thereof which maybe suitably connected in any conventional manner to the pipe 111 for thepurpose of carrying away any water finding its way into the bowl 10. Thebowl 10 is also provided with an opening 15 adjacent the end of the bowlopposite the opening 13, and projecting through the opening 15 into theinterior of the bowl is a nipple 16. The nipple 16 is provided with aperipheral flange 17 which bears against the upper surface of the bowl10 about the opening 15, and a nut 18 threadably received on the nipple16 below the bowl 10 is provided for drawing the flange 16 tightly intocontact with the 'face of the bowl 10, suitable packing being providedfor preventing leakage through the opening 15 about the nipple 16.An'elbow 19 is threadably secured to the lower end of the nipple 16 andin turn is threadably received in vone end of the valve 20, the otherside of the valve 2O being connected by the pipe 21 to a suitable sourceof water supply. Threadably` received on the upper end of the nipple 16is a casing 22 provided with a central chamber 23. The casing 22isprovided with a vertically extending threaded opening 24 and an upwardlyangularlyextending threaded opening 25. The interior walls of the casing241- are formed to provide a shoulder 26 and a disc 27 provided with arela-tively small central aperture 28 is clamped between the shoulder 26and the upper end of the nipple 16. A plug member 29 having an extendedend terminating in a tapered point 30 is threadably received in theopening 24;, the pointBO extending into adjacent relationshipV with theaperture 28 in the disc 27 .whereby to control the amount of water whichmay flow through the aperture 28. .-The valve 20 is preferably of thatconventional type which is provided with spring `means normally tendingto, close the valve against the passage of water through the same it'`being necessary to Vconstantly exert pressure on the handle of the valvein order to allow water to flow through it.

In practice the handle of the valve 2O is turned, allowing water to flowup through the nipple 16 to the disc 27, the water passing through theaperture 28 into the interior 23 of the casing 22. The pointed end 30may be adjusted to or from the aperture 28 by simply turning the plugmember 29 in order to control the rate of the flow of water into theinterior ofthe casing. The water thus reaching the interior 23 of thecasing 22 flows out of the casing through the opening 25 under suiicientforce to be projected above the rim of the bowl 10 in such a manner thata person may intercept the path of the water with his mouth in order toobtain a drink.

If it is desired to employ the device as a faucet or spout, the disc 27and plug 29 may be removed, a plug 3l inserted in the opening 25 and apipe 32 provided with a reversely bent end portion 33 threaded into theopening 24 as illustrated in Fig. 5. Vhen the valve 2O is turned on whenthe mechanism is thus changed as indicated in Fig. 5, the water will iowthrough the casing 22 up through the tube 32 and downwardly out of thecurved end 33 thus providing a faucet or spout in place of the fountainhead whereby a glass may be positioned below the end 33 and be filledwith water upon opening the valve 20. If desired a guard such as 34projecting outwardly from the rim of the bowl l() and into spaced butadjacent relationship with the top of the casing 22, may be provided soas to prevent contact of the mouth with the casing 22 when the same isbeing employed as a drinking fountain, the guard 34: being provided witha notched out portion 35 within which the tube 32 is received when theconstruction is employed as a faucet.

In practice I prefer to ship these heads assembled as illustrated inFig. 4 as a drinking fountain and to furnish the plug 31 and tube 33 tothe purchaser whereby he may readily change the construction to serve asa faucet should such construction be more suitable for his use thanwould a drinking fountain.

Formal changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the inventiondescribed without departing from the spirit or substance of the broadinvention, the scope of which is commensurate with the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A fountain head comprising an inverted generally cupshaped fitting,the open end of said tting being threaded for securement to a waterpassage, the bottom of said cup being provided with an angularlyextending and a vertically extending opening, a plug threaded in saidangularly extending opening, and a return bent tube threaded in saidvertically extending opening.

2. In a fountain head, in combination, an inverted generally cup shapedcasing having GLENN MUFFLY.

